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THE GANGSAW WAS TURNED ON WHILE I.NAME WAS STILL IN UNSAFE AREA. I.NAME LOST BALANCE AND STRAINED OR THRU HIS BACK OUT OF PLACE.
PIECE OF CAST IRON IN RIGHT EYE WHILE GRINDING SPROCKET.
INJURED BACK WHILE PULLING 16INCH DRILL THAT WAS STUCK.
WHILE CUTTING OSTONE HE REACHED IN TO REMOVE SMALL PIECE FROM UNDER BLADE AT WHICH TIME THE UNEXPECTEDLY TURNED ON & CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN STEEL & THE STONE
PULLING UP LAST PC OF STOCK AND TRACK DIRLL HAMMER WENT DOWN INSTEAD OF UP WHEN HE TRIED TO CONNECT THE LAST PC HOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER AND THE SANDSTONE WHICH HAD DRILL IN IT
I NAME WAS ON TOP OF THE DUMP TRUCK UNHOOKING THE BALES FROM A PIECE OF SCRAP THE HOOK ON THE CRANE BLCOK HIT HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND HE FELL APPROX 10 FT TO THE GROUND WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND JAMBED HIS BACK
HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BUNK OF GANG SAW AS IT WAS BEING PREPARAED TO BE PULLED OUT. SLABS WERE BLOCKED, CHECKED TO ENSURE IT WAS TIGHT. AS THE CHAIN WAS PULLED, A CHECKED PIECE OF STONE FELL D IRECTLY ONTO HIS HAND. MASHED HIS THUMB AND BROKE TWO FINGERS.
HE WAS USING AN AIRHAMMER LIFTING IT UP & DOWN TO CLEAN OUT THE HOLES HAD SLIGHT PAIN AT THE END OF THE DAY THE NEXT MORNING THE PAIN WAS WORSE SO CALLED OFF WORK & WENT TO THE DOC.
HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A 3 INCH PIPE PIPE CAME LOOSE AND FELL END WAYS ON HIS FOOT. PIPE WAS 6-7 FT LONG AND WEIGHED APPROX 60 LBS.